The change comes after Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has been unapologetically wearing shorts as he goes about his duties.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that staff for the chamber's Sergeant-at-Arms - the Senate's official clothes police - will no longer enforce a dress code on the Senate floor. The change comes after Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has been unapologetically wearing shorts as he goes about his duties, voting from doorways so he doesn't get in trouble for his more casual attire.
The changes prompted outrage from some of the chamber's more formal members, eroding a bit of the good will that first-term Fetterman had earned earlier this year when he checked himself into the hospital for clinical depression. He won bipartisan praise for being honest about his diagnosis, which came in the wake of a stroke he suffered on the campaign trail last year. When he returned from treatment, he started donning the more casual clothes, which he says make him more comfortable.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine agreed, arguing that the relaxed rules debase the institution of the Senate. "I plan to wear a bikini tomorrow to the Senate floor," Collins joked. When Fetterman reached the Senate floor, he still voted from the doorway. "Baby steps," he told reporters as he got on the elevator to go back to his office.
Nearby, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy was also tieless. The Democrat said he's been reprimanded by Sergeant-at-Arms staff in the past for not wearing a tie on the floor.It's unclear if the rules for more formal attire were actually written down anywhere, but Schumer's directive means that staff will no longer scold senators for their choice of clothing or ask them to vote from the doorway.
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